Chapter 190: Zhao Zhen's thoughts

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Fu Bi said that as soon as someone offered a grain crop with a yield of ten stones per mu arrived in the court, it immediately made the courtiers in the court talk about it.

Most of the ministers in the court did not believe this matter, after all, the grain crops with a yield of ten stones per mu sounded too mysterious and nonsense.

Most of the ministers in the court thought that the reason why Fu Bi was on this letter was just because he had been out for too long, and he was afraid that the officials would forget him, so he wanted to attract the attention of the officials with this matter, in order to return to the center. After all, even if this high-yield grain crop was finally confirmed to be fake, then Fubi could be said to be completely deceived by others, and he was too concerned about relieving the worries of the imperial court, so he could not report it without investigating it in detail, and it was impossible for the official family to punish him for this matter.

Sure enough, as soon as Fu Bi's report was known to Zhao Zhen, the current official, he couldn't wait to order the political affairs hall to send someone to investigate whether the high-yield grain crops reported by Fu Bi were true.

Recently, Zhao Zhen is really a little anxious, the Guogukou embankment has just been repaired this spring, but now there is a dangerous situation, and the rebellion of Nong Zhigao in Lingnan is getting bigger and bigger.

Yang Ji went south to quell the rebellion, but instead of stopping the erosion of Lingnan, he retreated again and again, just holding on to the fortress of Ayutthaya and allowing all parts of Lingnan to continue to erode. Zhao Zhen has strictly ordered Yang Zhen to attack and quell Nong Zhigao's rebellion before the deadline.

It's really a national disaster, this year, Xia Zhu and Fan Zhongyan, the two rivals, have passed away one after another, and I don't know if they will go over there to continue to fight the bull. These two people are both talented people who are in and out of the world, but there is still one of them, and Zhao Zhen feels that he doesn't have to worry about Lingnan's affairs.

In fact, Zhao Zhen also knows Yang Zhen, and he is too far away from Xia Zhu and Fan Zhongyan's skills. However, none of the ministers in the court wanted to go south to clean up the mess in Lingnan, so they had to push Yang Zhen out, and Zhao Zhen could only let him try.

Zhao Zhen actually knows Fu Bi well and trusts him. Fu Bi is a humble and peaceful gentleman, rarely radical things, compared with the ministers in the court who are ready to spray at every turn, Fu Bi is a rare person who is willing to do solid things, which is very similar to Fan Zhongyan.

Since Fu Bi reported that there were grain crops with a yield of ten stones per mu, Zhao Zhen felt that this matter was estimated to be eight or nine years old, and he still believed in Fu Bi.

Therefore, it is a great joy to hear that there is such a high-yielding crop, and if this is true, it is really a rare happy event recently.

If Fubi's report is true, then this crop is a rare auspicious thing, and this is something that benefits the people of the world! This kind of grain crop may even completely change the national fortunes of the Great Song Dynasty, and if the Great Song Dynasty popularizes this crop, it will not be that there will be no more famine in the Great Song Dynasty. When the country is stable, Da Song can free up his hands and feet and deal with the strong enemies around him with confidence.

As a herdsman of the Great Song Dynasty, Zhao Zhen knew the character of the Han people under his rule.

If the people of the grassland are wolves, then the Han people can be said to be sheep. As long as the Han people can have a bite to eat and can live, they will basically live in peace and stability, and they will never take risks to do things like rebellion that are in danger of being killed.

Only when they can't survive and face the fate of starvation, this flock of sheep will evolve into wolves, frantically biting those who once oppressed them.

And with this grain crop with a yield of ten stones per mu, as long as it is popularized and planted, the famine of the Great Song Dynasty can be basically eliminated, and the possibility of making the people of the Great Song Dynasty turn from sheep to hungry wolves can be fundamentally eliminated.

Moreover, the people have more food, and the taxes they pay will naturally increase, and the treasury of the Great Song Dynasty will be more abundant.

The country is stable and the treasury is full, so you can deal with the Western Xia and Khitan two foreign captives with peace of mind.

Isn't this exactly what he is pursuing, Zhao Zhen thought to himself.

As soon as he thought of this, Zhao Zhen couldn't wait for a moment, and couldn't wait for the political hall to send someone to investigate whether this grain crop with a yield of ten stones per mu was really true.

If you really have this grain crop that yields ten stones per mu, why don't you have a knighthood!

What's more, the title of the Great Song Dynasty was originally used to attract courtiers, and it was not hereditary, and the salary was not high. There is no pressure on the Great Song Dynasty to seal a few more titles, anyway, these courtiers will die at that time, and the burden is not big at all.

If there is really a high-yield grain crop with a yield of ten stones per mu, this can be regarded as a masterpiece of the world. Such a great achievement, it is not an exaggeration to be crowned the founding father. (There are many dukes of the Great Song Dynasty, including the dukes of the country, the dukes of the county, the dukes of the founding of the country, the dukes of the founding counties, and the dukes of the founding counties.) Most of the princes and county princes are the titles of close relatives of the clan, and the founding dukes, founding county dukes, and founding county dukes are the titles of the current or former prime ministers or important ministers of the imperial court. )

Of course, Zhao Zhen just thought about giving the person who sacrificed such a high-yield crop the title of founding father. Although the Great Song Dynasty is the world of the Zhao family, the scholars who claim to rule the world with the Zhao family will not agree.

Those ministers worked hard and studied hard for more than ten years before they were able to become officials, and after decades of ups and downs in the sea, they were lucky enough to get into a high position and be knighted. If a person can be crowned a prince by offering such a high-yielding crop, and be placed alongside them, is not the title too worthless, or is their effort too worthless?

In fact, in Zhao Zhen's opinion, this person who sacrifices this high-yield crop is really more worthy of being named a duke than a high-ranking official who has been up and down in the sea for decades but has not done anything to benefit the people.

Of course, Zhao Zhen, as a mature Song official who has controlled the Great Song Dynasty for more than 20 years, naturally will not compete with those civil servants for this matter. Otherwise, even if he gave the person who offered high-yield crops a founding duke, it was estimated that that person would be killed by those ministers in minutes. After all, even Zhao Zhen himself, a great Song official, conceded three points to the Wenchen who had this "death-free gold medal". In many things, in order to avoid being sprayed, they compromised with those civil servants.

Alas, Taizu set the rule of not killing scholars and doctors, which was originally to make the ministers more dedicated to maintaining the rule of the Great Song Dynasty and to prevent the situation of separating feudal towns in the late Tang Dynasty. But now, although these Wenchen have indeed suppressed the generals, it is precisely because of this that these Wenchen have become more and more excessive.

For example, in this Lingnan Rebellion, according to Zhao Zhen's meaning, it was natural to let Di Qing lead the Western Army south, and use thunderous means to quickly plow the court and sweep the holes and exterminate Nong Zhigao.

However, those ministers did not trust any military generals, and they were conceited that their civil servants could handle this matter, so they finally chose a civil official Yang Jin, who was born in the generals, to come out.

The Wenchen thought that they could get Nong Zhigao, but now the result is: Yang Ji went south through Lingnan, and he has not advanced an inch so far, but he can't shrink, and Lingnan is still eroding. (To be continued.) Mobile phone users, please browse and read, a better reading experience.